House Deputy Speaker and TUCP Party-list Rep. Raymond Democrito Mendoza (Facebook)

Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) Party-list Rep. Raymond Democrito Mendoza believes that the upcoming meeting between President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and his American counterpart President Joe Biden will result to more decent jobs for Filipinos.

“Workers are hopeful that the meeting between Presidents Marcos and Biden will intensify focus on the Philippines as a preferred country in which to invest, unlocking export market access to the US and also Europe,” said Mendoza, a deputy speaker in the House of Representatives.

“This is the key to creating new, permanent, and decent jobs,” he noted.

Marcos will fly to the United States (US) this weekend. His meeting with Biden will take place on May 1, which is coincidentally Labor Day.

“President Marcos' leadership in bringing in foreign direct investments (FDIs) should translate to decent jobs. We trust that under his watch, instead of workers who are employed in precarious temporary work, we will have workers who will have security of tenure. Instead of poorly paid, low-end gig jobs, we will have decent jobs with living wages," Mendoza said.

As part of the House leadership, the TUCP solon said the Philippine legislature is "prepared to partner with President Marcos in realizing this vision".

He echoed the notion that indeed, Marcos, who won the presidency via rare majority vote last year, is the "best salesman" to pitch to the world that the Philippines is open for business once again following the ravages of the pandemic.

For his part, TUCP Vice President Luis Corral said of the meeting between the two leaders: “The TUCP looks forward to President Marcos’ meeting with President Biden which coincides with Labor Day and hopes that both Presidents will also discuss the reauthorization of the US Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) for the Philippines with a clear stamp of the Biden Administration’s worker-centered trade policy."

"This will open up tariff-free access to the American market for potentially 3,500 product lines from the Philippines, and open up new job opportunities," he said.